Christopher S. Ogilvy

Director of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Brain Aneurysm Institute.

Founding member of The Brain Aneurysm Foundation.

Appointment(s): Professor, Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School; Adjunct Professor, Neurosurgery, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine

Address(es): BIDMC Neurosurgery 110 Francis Street Boston, MA 02215-5501 Phone: 617-632-7246 Fax: 617-632-0949

Clinical Interest(s): Intracranial Aneurysms; Intracranial and Spinal Arteriovenous Malformations (AVMs); Extracranial and Intracranial (Carotid and Vertebral) Atherosclerotic Disease; Cavernous Malformations (Brain and Spinal Cord); Moya-Moya Disease ; Acute Stroke (Thrombolysis); Brain Hemorrhage; Other Brain Vascular Malformations

Medical Education: Medical School Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH; 1984

Internship New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia Campus in Surgery, New York, NY; 1985

Residency Massachusetts General Hospital in Neurological Surgery, Boston, MA; 1991

Fellowship Millard Fillmore Health System in Neurological Surgery, Buffalo, NY; 2008

Board Certification: American Board of Neurological Surgery

First Author

1: Ogilvy CS, Chua MH, Fusco MR, Griessenauer CJ, Harrigan MR, Sonig A, Siddiqui AH, Levy EI, Snyder K, Avery M, Mitha A, Shores J, Hoh BL, Thomas AJ. Validation of a System to Predict Recanalization After Endovascular Treatment of Intracranial Aneurysms. Neurosurgery. 2015 Apr 4. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 25850603.

2: Ogilvy CS, Chua MH, Fusco MR, Reddy AS, Thomas AJ. Stratification of recanalization for patients with endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms. Neurosurgery. 2015 Apr;76(4):390-5. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000000651. PubMed PMID: 25621984.

3: Ogilvy CS, Tawk RG, Mokin M, Yang X, Levy EI, Hopkins LN, Siddiqui AH. Stent-assisted coiling treatment of pediatric traumatic pseudoaneurysm resulting from tumor surgery. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2011;47(6):442-8. doi: 10.1159/000339353. Epub 2012 Jul 7. PubMed PMID: 22777182.

4: Ogilvy CS, Natarajan SK, Jahshan S, Karmon Y, Yang X, Snyder KV, Hopkins LN, Siddiqui AH, Levy EI. Stent-assisted coiling of paraclinoid aneurysms: risks and effectiveness. J Neurointerv Surg. 2011 Mar;3(1):14-20. doi: 10.1136/jnis.2010.002303. Epub 2010 Aug 23. PubMed PMID: 21990780.

5: Ogilvy CS, Khalessi AA, Hauck EF, Shannon LR 2nd, Hopkins LN, Levy EI, Siddiqui AH. Delayed endovascular revascularization in a patient with progressive neurological deterioration from bilateral intracranial vertebral artery occlusions: case report. Neurosurgery. 2011 Jul;69(1):E251-6; discussion E256. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e3182186811. PubMed PMID: 21796070.

6: Ogilvy CS, Yang X, Jamil OA, Hauck EF, Hopkins LN, Siddiqui AH, Levy EI. Neurointerventional procedures for unruptured intracranial aneurysms under procedural sedation and local anesthesia: a large-volume, single-center experience. J Neurosurg. 2011 Jan;114(1):120-8. doi: 10.3171/2010.3.JNS091384. Epub 2010 Apr 16. PubMed PMID: 20397895.

7: Ogilvy CS, Cheung AC, Mitha AP, Hoh BL, Carter BS. Outcomes for surgical and endovascular management of intracranial aneurysms using a comprehensive grading system. Neurosurgery. 2006 Nov;59(5):1037-42; discussion 1043. PubMed PMID: 17143238.

8: Ogilvy CS. Neurosurgical clipping versus endovascular coiling of patients with ruptured intracranial aneurysms. Stroke. 2003 Oct;34(10):2540-2. Epub 2003 Sep 18. Review. PubMed PMID: 14500927.

9: Ogilvy CS, Ogilvy BW, Sztramski P. An easy-to-use intraoperative digital videography, still photography, and X-ray-capture system. Neurosurgery. 2003 Sep;53(3):781-3; discussion 783-4. Review. PubMed PMID: 12943597.

10: Ogilvy CS, Carter BS. Stratification of outcome for surgically treated unruptured intracranial aneurysms. Neurosurgery. 2003 Jan;52(1):82-7; discussion 87-8. PubMed PMID: 12493104.

11: Ogilvy CS, Hoh BL, Singer RJ, Putman CM. Clinical and radiographic outcome in the management of posterior circulation aneurysms by use of direct surgical or endovascular techniques. Neurosurgery. 2002 Jul;51(1):14-21; discussion 21-2. PubMed PMID: 12182412.

12: Ogilvy CS, Stieg PE, Awad I, Brown RD Jr, Kondziolka D, Rosenwasser R, Young WL, Hademenos G; Special Writing Group of the Stroke Council, American Stroke Association. AHA Scientific Statement: Recommendations for the management of intracranial arteriovenous malformations: a statement for healthcare professionals from a special writing group of the Stroke Council, American Stroke Association. Stroke. 2001 Jun;32(6):1458-71. PubMed PMID: 11387517.

13: Ogilvy CS, Quinones-Hinojosa A. Surgical treatment of vertebral and posterior inferior cerebellar artery aneurysms. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 1998 Oct;9(4):851-60. Review. PubMed PMID: 9738111.

14: Ogilvy CS, Carter BS. A proposed comprehensive grading system to predict outcome for surgical management of intracranial aneurysms. Neurosurgery. 1998 May;42(5):959-68; discussion 968-70. PubMed PMID: 9588539.

15: Ogilvy CS. Repair of an arterial perforation of the internal carotid artery using Hemashield wrapping with aneurysm clip reinforcement: technical note. Neurosurgery. 1997 Jun;40(6):1312-4. PubMed PMID: 9179909.

16: Ogilvy CS, Barker FG 2nd, Joseph MP, Cheney ML, Swearingen B, Crowell RM. Transfacial transclival approach for midline posterior circulation aneurysms. Neurosurgery. 1996 Oct;39(4):736-41; discussion 742. Review. PubMed PMID: 8880766.

17: Ogilvy CS, Chu D, Kaplan S. Mild hypothermia, hypertension, and mannitol are protective against infarction during experimental intracranial temporary vessel occlusion. Neurosurgery. 1996 Jun;38(6):1202-9; discussion 1209-10. PubMed PMID: 8727152.

18: Ogilvy CS, Crowell RM, Heros RC. Surgical management of middle cerebral artery aneurysms: experience with transsylvian and superior temporal gyrus approaches. Surg Neurol. 1995 Jan;43(1):15-22; discussion 22-4. PubMed PMID: 7701417.

19: Ogilvy CS, Moayeri N, Golden JA. Appearance of a cavernous hemangioma in the cerebral cortex after a biopsy of a deeper lesion. Neurosurgery. 1993 Aug;33(2):307-9; discussion 309. PubMed PMID: 8367053.

20: Ogilvy CS, Ojemann RG. Posterior fossa craniotomy for lesions of the cerebellopontine angle. Technical note. J Neurosurg. 1993 Mar;78(3):508-9. PubMed PMID: 8433159.

21: Ogilvy CS, Louis DN, Ojemann RG. Intramedullary cavernous angiomas of the spinal cord: clinical presentation, pathological features, and surgical management. Neurosurgery. 1992 Aug;31(2):219-29; discussion 229-30. Review. PubMed PMID: 1513428.

22: Ogilvy CS, Silverberg KR, Borges LF. Sprouting of corneal sensory fibers in rats treated at birth with capsaicin. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 1991 Jan;32(1):112-21. PubMed PMID: 1987092.

23: Ogilvy CS. Radiation therapy for arteriovenous malformations: a review. Neurosurgery. 1990 May;26(5):725-35. Review. PubMed PMID: 2191236.

24: Ogilvy CS, McKee AC, Newman NJ, Donnelly SM, Kiwak KJ. Embolism of cerebral tissue to lungs: report of two cases and review of the literature. Neurosurgery. 1988 Oct;23(4):511-6. Review. PubMed PMID: 3059214.

25: Ogilvy CS, Heros RC, Ojemann RG, New PF. Angiographically occult arteriovenous malformations. J Neurosurg. 1988 Sep;69(3):350-5. Erratum in: J Neurosurg 1989 Feb;70(2):293. PubMed PMID: 3404231.

26: Ogilvy CS, Borges LF. Treatment of symptomatic syringomyelia with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt: a case report with magnetic resonance scan correlation. Neurosurgery. 1988 Apr;22(4):748-50. PubMed PMID: 3374787.